Martin died in Washington, D.C., Nov. 19, 2021.
Born Oct. 20, 1960, in Woking, England, Martin earned a bachelor of science degree in economics from Bristol University in 1983. Following the advice of his professor, Angus Deaton, Martin came to Princeton to pursue a Ph.D. in economics, which he completed in 1987. His first academic position was at NYU’s Stern School of Business, after which he moved to Georgetown’s economics department. He was also a professor of finance in the McDonough School of Business from 2006 to 2012.
Martin held visiting positions at Michigan, Wharton, the London School of Economics, and Princeton. He was an adviser to the research department at the International Monetary Fund, and he made influential contributions to international finance, particularly in the study of market microstructure of exchange rates. His textbooks Exchange Rate Dynamics and Studies in Foreign Exchange Economics are widely used in doctoral programs and by researchers around the world.
Martin held editorial positions at several economics journals. At the time of his passing, he was a research economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Martin is survived by his wife, Liz; daughter Sophie ’19; and son Jeremy ’21.
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